Well a quick summary to this week is...well work...lots and
lots of work. And it rained almost everyday which is sweet. :) I love the rain.
I just can't wait for the 7 day rain that happens here. :) Ok so to start.
Apartment: Well we have water every night but it is really
annoying and troublesome because we have to carry the water up the stairs and
fill up buckets and to get enough water to last 1-2 days it takes about an hour
or two and we all just wanna sleep when we get back so water is still kind of
an issue. But at least we have some water. I have only seen about 10
cockroaches this week and don't worry they are all dead. I made sure of that.
Other than that right in front of our apartment is a REALLY loud music place
that plays music all day and also right next to them is a muslim man that
connects his prayer thing to this giant speaker which is really loud and makes it hard to study. But whatever. At least the apartment is pretty
good.
Investigators: We are again pretty much dropping quite a few
investigators. But we had 4 investigators come to church and they are all very
solid and have fellowshippers. Bro. J is really progressing and is just
awesome. He has completely left drinking and marijuana and has reduced his
smoking a lot. He really wants to be baptized. And also he is so humble. He has
realized that in this great time of tribulation for him God is strengthening
him and guiding him. Harold is soooooo funny and is really progressing. He is reading all of
his assignments and taking notes. He is always at church and participates.
Hahaha one funny quote that I really like from him is "A chapter a day
keeps the Devil away." which is so true and awesome. Also Stella is
progressing really well.
Members: We have really been working with members recently.
We are working with the branch missionaries everyday and also the
fellowshippers for our investigators so we had about 12 member present lessons last
week and we are trying for 20 next week. I love the members they are so sweet
and really want to learn as well.
Cake: I baked a cake and added some hot chocolate mix to try
to make a chocolate cake and it actually worked pretty well. Also we celebrated
Elder Chola's birthday on Saturday at Amigos which was really fun.
Spiritual thought: So something interesting I learned is how
much Joseph of Egypt typifies Christ. Joseph was the favored of his father, so
was Christ, he was sold by Judah for 20 pieces of silver which was the slave
price at that time, Christ was sold by Judas which actually I think is Greek
for Judah for 30 pieces of silver which was the slave price at that time,
Joseph eventually delivered Israel from the famine, Jesus delivered us all from
death and sin if we follow him. Joseph eventually became a ruler and all knees
bowed to him, Jesus is the king of kings and every knee will bow to him at his
coming. It is so interesting to see this and compare the two. Just an
interesting thought.
Love Elder Lehr
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